PROVINCIAL OUTLOOK
Masvingo
Manicaland
In Masvingo Province, the Zimbabwe Peace Project
In
(ZPP)
documented
documented
20
human
rights
violations
that
Manicaland
Province,
12
human
the
rights
Zimbabwe
violations
Peace
Project
reflecting
the
(ZPP)
pervasive
reflect a persistent pattern of economic, political, and
abuse of authority, political discrimination, and coercive practices
social repression affecting vulnerable populations. In
that
Gutu
to
2025, in Golowa Business Centre, Wendumba Village, Mutare North,
harassment and had their goods forcibly confiscated,
a traditional leader was physically assaulted by villagers angered by
undermining their livelihoods and right to economic
the unfair distribution of social welfare wheat, revealing both the
participation. Such actions not only inflict immediate
desperation in communities over access to basic resources and the
financial
and
breakdown of trust in local leadership. In Mutasa Central, Ward 15,
Chivi,
Eri Mudzindiko blocked the appointment of a female villager as a
wards 12 and 13, villagers faced threats of eviction to
village health worker despite the community's preference for her. He
make way for an irrigation project, with no alternative
cited
land allocated for resettlement by the state, an act
"stubborn,"
that violates the right to adequate housing and land
discrimination.
tenure security. This has left affected communities in
resignation in the face of political interference. Elsewhere in Mutare
a state of fear and uncertainty, with potential long-
North,
term displacement and loss of ancestral homes. In
teachers at Chipfatsura Primary School, to contribute USD $1 each
Bikita South, the healthcare system was reported to
toward
be
lacking
endorsed
by
essential drugs. This systemic neglect endangers the
Solomon,
was
lives
to
both cash and kind for the event at Gomorefu Secondary School in
health and contributing to preventable suffering and
Mutare West. These actions constitute financial coercion and misuse
fatalities.
of public service structures for partisan ends. Moreover, traditional
Central,
losses
insecurity
in
informal
a
for
also
already
dire
of
but
vendors
state,
patients,
subjected
exacerbate
struggling
with
them
poverty
families.
medical
depriving
Political
widespread,
were
facilities
of
their
discrimination
particularly
in
the
In
right
was
distribution
also
of
food
continue
her
to
undermine
alleged
government
leaders
funding
in
disrespect
denying
The
her
the
matter
the
role
in
to
openly
a
PF
public
Day
including
schools,
violated
and
clear
unreported,
pressured
leaders,
freedoms.
ZANU
Independence
circulated
11
for
went
ministries
traditional
Ward
fundamental
On
act
of
servants,
celebrations.
Headman
Zimbabwe’s
April
labeled
reflecting
demanding
25
her
political
fear
or
including
A
letter
Tafirenyika
contributions
Constitution
in
by
aid, where access was reportedly based on political
displaying political bias during national events. In the lead-up to
allegiance,
denying
Independence Day celebrations, villagers in multiple areas faced
aligned
or
non-affiliated
leading
up
to
villagers
across
contributing
exclusion
the
critical
several
areas
under
future
to
individuals.
Independence
funds
from
support
aid.
In
Day
were
threat
These
oppositionthe
weeks
coercion to financially contribute under threat of violence or future
celebrations,
exclusion from development aid. These coercive tactics foster fear,
coerced
of
violence
practices
instilling
divisions
within
fear
and
deepening
communities.
The
cumulative effect of these violations is the
erosion
of
trust
in
public
institutions,
increased social tensions, and a shrinking
civic
space,
which
altogether
hinder
sustainable peace, inclusive development,
and democratic governance in the region
or
violate
freedoms of association, expression, and personal
security,
into
suppress
dissent,
and
severely
infringing
on
politicize
the
basic
rights
to
community
free
participation in public life, and personal security.
engagements,
association,
equal